britain, china, hacking, hafnium, microsoft exchange server

National Cyber Security Centre Warns British Businesses of Chinese Hacking

Some 2,300 British businesses were recently contacted by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and urged to update their servers and use the latest Microsoft security patches to protect their Outlook emails due to possible Chinese hacking. Thus far, less than half of the approximately 8,000 affected businesses have taken steps to download the security ...

Helen London

The Hafnium hacker group.

Britain Imposes New National Lockdown Restrictions

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new national lockdown restrictions in the country amidst rapidly surging cases triggered by a new strain of COVID-19. The restrictions are expected to remain active for at least the entire month of January. Johnson noted that the new strain, named B.1.1.7, was spreading in a “frustrating and alarming” manner. ...

Jack Roberts

A couple social distancing.

Report Warns About China’s Attempts to Influence British Society

An 86-page internal report with contributions by former UK Secret Intelligence Service MI6 operatives reveals that China is running a campaign to influence Britain society at its highest levels, including the country’s politicians, institutions, academics, thinkers, and businessmen. Though it was not made public, a few MPs and media outlets were allowed accesses. Influencing politics and ...

Max Lu